CVE catalog
CVE-2024-21812
biosig: CVE-2024-21812
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.76% · Oct 25, 2026
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the sopen_FAMOS_read functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0 and Master Branch (ab0ee111). A specially crafted .famos file can lead to an out-of-bounds write which in turn can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | biosig | sid | 3.9.5-1 | fixed |
| Debian | biosig | forky | 3.9.5-1 | fixed |
| Debian | biosig | trixie | 3.9.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | biosig | bookworm | 2.5.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.5.0-1build2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.5.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.5.2-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.5.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.6.0-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.6.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | biosig | pro | 2.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | biosig | source | sid | 2.6.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | biosig | source | forky | 2.6.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | biosig | source | trixie | 2.6.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | biosig | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] biosig: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.